Thread: 71 not out and still knocking them about

Originally Posted by Tahr

This might be interesting (or not).

In the vid of the second hind I shot you can see that she has her neck twisted to the right eating something. I couldn't see this because I was shooting from a different aspect.

What I could see was her body up to just past the crease and I assumed (incorrectly) that she was slightly more quartered towards me and I angled the shot accordingly. It was quite hurried because it was later in the morning and she was moving back into the trees so as she began to disappear I held high on the crease and fired (I had the 425yd range dialled in to the scope). I hit her about 3-4" above where I aimed and because she was at a different angle to what I calculated for you will see that it nearly wasn't a fatal shot because it ran parallel above her shoulder blade. Luckily it broke her spine and did enough internal tissue damage to kill her but a bit lower at the same angle and we might have lost her.

Never too old to learn, eh. Here's a pic...

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That's where the extra horse power from the bigger calibers comes into it's own , lesser calibers may have failed with that shot.